STORRS — The line now stretches the full length of the catwalk above the Gampel Pavilion court. There were 12 banners spaced evenly across, the last sheathed in black, though all in the building new what was underneath.

Geno Auriemma knew better than anyone. “I got yelled at because I wasn’t watching the video,” he said. “I lived it, I experienced it. The banners, when they’re unveiled are symbolic, obviously, they’re part of history now, part of the legacy of UConn women’s basketball.”

When the ceremonies were done Sunday, the UConn players took off their natty new championship-themed warmups and made short work of another opponent, this time Florida State, 99-67. A breeze. All the power-conference schools out there with the resources to stop UConn, or certainly slow UConn, yet so

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